Wichita eagle., 1887-03-18
PRESIDENT NJ. A. Low.
The Chicago and Rock Island and wichita.

Mr. NJ. A. Low, the president Of the Rock
Island and extentions into Kansas and Ne
braska, who spent the day in the city yester-
day honored the EAGLE with call during
which, in pleasant conversation we went
back over the entire field of the Rock Islands
Kansas movements for the past two years
and the line Of her future. Mr.. Low and
the ,corporations be represents have great
faith in the future of Kansas and unbcunded
spirit of her people, and it is proposed to
make the Rock Island commensurately as
comprehensive in its extensions and as broad
and liberal in its management.
Touching Wichita, Mr.. Low offered but
one: criticism. He...bad been led to believe
thousand dollars for terminal facilities in
the city that the representations touching
site for a passenger depot on Douglas avenue
would be lived up to. But the prices origin
aIly named have been increased six or eight
fold. Unless the matter can be arranged he
win not build the depot on East Douglas
avenue. What else he said ON that matter
we are not at liberty to quote. The EAGLE.
however, believes it to the interest OF our
city.as an entirity that it should go there,
and we hope the matter may be arranged
today, if it has not been before this issue APP
pears
The track viii reach Alma, Wabaunsee
county, today, from which point to WITCH
tia, distance of one hundred miles, the
work of grading is well forwarded. Mr..
Low expects to see the track into Wichita
by the first day of July. As to the extensions
south through the Territory from this point
they are to be much more extensive and
thorough that is, are to cover much more
ground and reach greater distance than is
generally understood The same is true also
as to the southwestern counties of the state,
direct connections with which Wichita must
have Mr. Low has been watching the de-
velopment and wonderful growth of our city
with no little interest since his last visit here
of a year ago and like all the other big rail
way magnates OF the country entertains no
doubt as to her magnificent future as pow
erful and wealthy commercial center.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
From expressions of someone i'm the EAGLE
it is inferred that objection is made to clos
ing the schools of the city on account of
scarlet fever, because the churches are not
closed, and sundry fakirs are not hushed up.
It seems that some ''oldest physician has
given an opinion that scarlet fever has not
Yet assumed an epidemic form; but may it
not soon do SO!
Whether it is epidemic or not, no one will
question that it is intensely contagious, es-
pecialIy among children, as it is essentially
child's disease. If it is in our midst it is cer-
tainly tho height Of folly to cater to its
spread by continuing the schools. II the
churches persist in doing violence to public
health. especially to the health of the chill
dren, by furnishing opportunities for the
spread Of SO contagious disease as scarlet
fever, no excuse is left for the school board
to follow the example. Because an organi-
cation or an individual does wrong 1t GER
rainly does not give license for wrong-doing
to others. Let the school board do its duty
to the children of the city by closing the
schools, at least till this terribly fatal disease
has been wiped out. One pupil in each
school might be the means Of spreading the
contagion in very short time then the
schools would of necessity have to close.
Now is the time to avert a calamity.
j. MELTON WEIGH